Wednesday, July 11, 2012

No Reply...Public Service Announcement

You all know it's been one of my missions in life to eliminate the words "No Reply" from the blogging world... Lol

Blogging is about communication between people and an email address is the most important thing!

First, let me explain what a No Reply is...

If someone leaves a comment on any blog, that comment goes to the email inbox of the recipient. When the blogger tries to respond back to the comment, the return email address says "No Reply" which equals "no email address, which equals "no reply back" :(

PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE check your profile. You may be a No Reply and not even know it.

Since Blogger changed their dashboard, I wanted to do a post on how to change that setting from the new configuration. If you are still using the OLD dashboard...Click HERE for the old tutorial

Here's the quick fix!!

Go to your dashboard, in the upper right hand corner, click the down arrow next to your picture, which is circled in the picture below.

The click "BLOGGER PROFILE"...

Then click EDIT PROFILE...

Then you will put a check mark in the box that says SHOW MY ADDRESS.

Scroll to the bottom and click SAVE...

That's it ladies...easy peasy.

With the new dashboard configuration, there have been many bloggers who were fine in the settings before, but somehow that box was unchecked and people never knew. I would double check just to make sure.

Thanks so much for the tip! I checked my Profile and sure enough, that box wasn't checked! I hate all the hidden changes Blogger has made! If it wasn't for great people like you who point them out, I would be sunk! Many thanks!!

Always great to see this. I am having another giveaway and each time I put no replies will be rejected and each time someone gets their entry dropped because of this. Stop by and visit and let others know for a chance to win some angel scissors:http://quiltingranny.blogspot.com/2012/07/angel-scissor-giveaway.html

I hadn't encountered that in awhile, & now it's happening again more frequently. Also "Word Verification" drives me crazy. It's especially bad now that there are 2 different things you have to type and one is always blurry -- or maybe that's just my old eyes....lol!CAS

YESSss! Nothing is more frustrating than not being able to reply, especially when someone has asked a direct question. Here is a link if permissible to my post "Enable Email Movement" and it also has links to other tutorials that may be helpful and clears up any concerns about privacy or spam issues.http://suburbanjubilee.blogspot.com.au/2011/01/enable-email-movement.html

Thanks for the info! Do you know of a site that answers other questions about blogger? I view my blogs in Google Reader and I'm having problems with my blogs showing up twice in two spots, plus other blogs showing up that I thought I had unsubscribed to. Thanks for any help you can give :)

Oh my wow! Thank you so much for this! I'm one of the people who's boxes must have gotten unchecked with the change over to the new interface...and just like you said, I never knew it. Thank you thank you!!!!!!

Question: sometimes my photo shows and sometime it doesn't. I have the old google blooger and my dashboard doesn't show like your tutorial. I'm a good lady and have checked all the boxes. Thanks in advance for your help.

I am having the same problem as Janice. This is what I see when I click contact info "Who can contact youAllow people to send you a message from a link on your profilePublic Allow people to email you from a link on your profile"I checked them and saved them and I still have people saying I'm a no reply. Any suggestions? I was fine until the new dashboard, but my dashboard does not look like the one you have.Thanks, missysaprons@gmail.com

you're a lifesaver! thank you for letting me know personally about this. i am only a really new blogger, so you're tips are really appreciated! if you have a button, i'm going to steal it for my page - if that's ok?

erica x

imbeingerica.blogspot.com

ps - when you stopped by earlier, i was mid-redesigning so feel free to pop back anytime!

Hi, I asked a question awhile back. Now I don't know how to search for it again and see if anyone answered it... I think I used the name Lulukay. It was about a sewing notion that causes gentle clinging to your skin so bras and stuff don't ride up. kfairbairn8@gmail.com

Thanks Karen, being so new to the blogging community I had no idea at all. Thanks for stopping in and letting me know. I have so much to learn and appreciate you kindly passing this knowledge on to me :)Missy from make-it-yourselfmumma.blogspot.com.au

Hi. Hope you don't mind me putting this question here? Could I ask you, how I can write a little thank you comment that shows after somebody has made a comment on my blog? Have searched but cannot find any help on this. Thanks. x

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Hello and welcome to my blog! My name is Karen. I am a wife to a wonderful man for over 28 years and a mom to two beautiful daughters. The girls have graduated from college and are starting wonderful lives of their own. We miss having them home, but they still keep us busy! I am a dental hygienist by day and in my free time I love to blog, sew, quilt, craft, rearrange furniture, shop in consignment stores and drink tea! Thanks for joining me on this blogging journey...I have sew many things to share!